Sunday Service Grime

A London rap night connected to grime, the genre that emerged in East London in the early 2000s, staged at Planet Wax in New Cross, a concert venue with a focus on electronic music.

Sunday Service Grime is a rap act whose title points to grime, a genre that emerged in East London in the early 2000s. Grime combines sparse, fast electronic beats with rapid-fire MC vocals, and draws on UK garage and dancehall influences. Its early records were circulated largely through pirate radio and independent labels. Dizzee Rascal's debut album Boy in da Corner (2003) is among the genre's landmark records.

The night takes place at Planet Wax, a venue in New Cross, south-east London, that mainly hosts concerts with a focus on electronic music. Its programme therefore sits close to the club sound from which grime developed.